'Gilmore Girls' revival series in the works at Netflix

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With reports that Netflix is reviving "Gilmore Girls," here are more TV casts we'd like to see get back together.

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Fans are about to get their wish with the revival of "The X-Files" in January.

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Claire Danes, left, is likely too busy (fighting terrorism as Carrie Mathison on "Homeland") to play Angela Chase on a "My So-Called Life" reboot, but we'll settle for a reunion special. What do you think, Danes? (Bess Armstrong, who played Patty Chase on the series, is also pictured.)

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Loyal fans of Paul Feig's "Freaks and Geeks" have been waiting for a reboot since the show was unceremoniously canceled in 2000, after just one season on NBC. Some of the cast, such as Seth Rogen and Jason Segel, went on to appear in Judd Apatow's "Undeclared," which also only ran for one season -- this time on Fox.

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The cast members of "Party Down," including Ken Marino, left, and Adam Scott, have been hard at work on their respective film and TV projects since the Starz series was canceled in 2010. Despite low ratings, the comedy received rave reviews.

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Fans of Joss Whedon's "Firefly" have been begging for a reboot of some sort since the drama went off the air in 2003. Nathan Fillion, center, now stars on ABC's "Castle."

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Before you note how upsetting "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" was -- and don't even get us started on "The New Class" -- a "Saved by the Bell" reunion could be pretty spectacular. Mark-Paul Gosselaar must think so, too. Why else would he have appeared on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" as Zack Morris in 2009? Come on, Tiffani Thiessen. Do it for us.

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We love watching Connie Britton, left, on the small screen as Rayna James in "Nashville," but we'd be lying if we said we didn't miss Tami Taylor in "Friday Night Lights." And maybe series star Kyle Chandler, right, could take a break from appearing in movies such as "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" to appease us?

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Debra Messing is currently solving "The Mysteries of Laura," but maybe she'd be up for reprising her role on "Will & Grace." The comedy -- starring Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes, Messing and Eric McCormack -- ran for eight seasons on NBC.

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"Gilmore Girls" set to be the next series revived for streaming video

Netflix has resurrected "Arrested Development" and Hulu "The Mindy Project" in recent years

(the hollywood reporter)The "Gilmore Girls" are returning to the small screen.

Netflix is in negotiations to revive the beloved series with creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and original stars Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel as mother-daughter pairing Lorelai and Rory Gilmore.

According to multiple sources, Netflix is looking to approach the revival as four 90-minute movies as opposed to a 10-episode series. The Warner Bros. dramedy, which launched in 2000, has been a strong performer for the streaming service.

"Gilmore" initially ran for seven seasons and 153 episodes on The WB/CW, six of those under Sherman-Palladino before she exited following a contract dispute with the studio. A Netflix revival would be Sherman-Palladino's opportunity to not only return to her own series but also to have the final word.

Speaking candidly about the latter during a reunion panel at the Austin TV Festival earlier this year, Sherman-Palladino noted: "It's always a bummer when you don't get to end it. I had hoped maybe that there would have been a call, 'Hey, it's the last episode, do you want to come back?' And there wasn't. But that's OK, that's not the way it works in Hollywood where there are rules."

Though many of the original actors are in talks to return, too, Melissa McCarthy (Sookie St. James) is not expected to be one of them. Since Gilmore wrapped in 2007, McCarthy's career has skyrocketed, with star vehicles on TV ("Mike & Molly") and in film ("The Heat," "Ghostbusters").

The news comes as Netflix preps a revival of Full House, aptly titled "Fuller House," another series that's performed well for the service. It's also said to be working on another season of "Arrested Development," which initially ran on Fox.